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specifically what do you think harry reid is thinking about as he looks at this shutdown clock. tweet us your best and most creative caption, the hashtag, waytooshutdown. we'll have the best answers later. mr. schumer doesn't look very happy either. >>> today also happens to be the day americans can start signing up for health insurance exchanges under the affordable care actor and opens after dozens of challenges and a supreme court ruling upholding the law. a new poll finds many americans have a negative impression of obama care. more than half polled are worried about it and 49% say they are confused and 24% say they are enthusiastic about the law. nbc news chief medical editor nancy snyderman asked kathleen sebelius about the lack of opt minimum for obama care. >> with all the run-up time to the eve of this, why the confusion today and why not more enthusiasm? >> well, i think it still isn't real for a lot of people and there is a lot of confusion. >> is that your fault? >> i think we bear part of the responsibility of not being able to get through a lot of the noise. >> wha
specifically what do you think harry reid is thinking about as he looks at this shutdown clock. tweet us your best and most creative caption, the hashtag, waytooshutdown. we'll have the best answers later. mr. schumer doesn't look very happy either. >>> today also happens to be the day americans can start signing up for health insurance exchanges under the affordable care actor and opens after dozens of challenges and a supreme court ruling upholding the law. a new poll finds many...
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the gun debate got personal for harry reid on tuesday. he mentioned his father's suicide on the senate floor. >> in nevada, if you purchase a handgun, you have to wait three days to pick it up. can you believe that? it can save the lives of many people. sometimes people in a fit of passion or purchase a handgun to do bad things with it, even as my dad did, killed himself. waiting three days helps. >> meanwhile, newtown families lobby on capitol hill. james inhofe is under fire for insensitive comments. the republican told reporters he believes the families are being made to think gun reform "has something to do with them when, in fact, it doesn't." >>> the group mayors against illegal guns says lawmakers view the current gun fight as ideological and not emotional. the organization's director appeared on all in with chris haze last night. >> congress doesn't think about this issue in the way we do and the reason is we get the call at 2:00 in the morning when a police officer is gunned down, a child is hit by a stray bullet. members of cong
the gun debate got personal for harry reid on tuesday. he mentioned his father's suicide on the senate floor. >> in nevada, if you purchase a handgun, you have to wait three days to pick it up. can you believe that? it can save the lives of many people. sometimes people in a fit of passion or purchase a handgun to do bad things with it, even as my dad did, killed himself. waiting three days helps. >> meanwhile, newtown families lobby on capitol hill. james inhofe is under fire for...
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meanwhile the only fishlt word from democratic laters coming from harry reid who in essence is saying the measure they are going to get from the house is dead on arrival, because there is no way the senate is going to approve legislation that defunds the affordable care act. next move? in the senate. >> so no official word from the president since this happened, but in the past few days the word coming from the white house was go ahead and do this, but should it never make it to my desk, it is going to stop at my desk. >> reporter: precisely. what is more likely, however -- in order for this particular measure to get to his desk would require the senate to approve what the house approved today, and harry reid is saying that is not going to happen. so reid and the democrats are likely to strip that part of the bill, and then it would be up to house speaker boehner who bring it up, which would allow them to pass it or to stall, which means that the government would stop funding programs at the end of the month, and we would have a shutdown. >> okay. take this one day at a time. randall
meanwhile the only fishlt word from democratic laters coming from harry reid who in essence is saying the measure they are going to get from the house is dead on arrival, because there is no way the senate is going to approve legislation that defunds the affordable care act. next move? in the senate. >> so no official word from the president since this happened, but in the past few days the word coming from the white house was go ahead and do this, but should it never make it to my desk,...
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ryeback had strong words for harry reid who would not commit to supporting an asaumt weapons ban. >> i didn't vote for it last night because it didn't make sense but i'll take a look at it. >> how can harry reid, a fellow democrat and i'm willing to criticize him say he hasn't read the bill. mayor dianne feinstein has been a mayor. she's been in a shooting. she knows why she needs this. let's support the president and get some things done. >> however, momentum does seem to be building behindmost of the president's proposals. "wall street journal" saying the senate democrats include a bill limiting magazine clips and universal background checks despite continuing opposition of the nra. >> it's a fraud to call it universal. it is never going to be universal. the criminals aren't going to comply with it. they could care less. >>> and factor this one in. an ad by mayors against illegal guns ran during the super bowl. it pointed out that the nra once supported closing the so-called gun show loophole. >> the nra once supported background checks. >> we think it's reasonable to provide manda
ryeback had strong words for harry reid who would not commit to supporting an asaumt weapons ban. >> i didn't vote for it last night because it didn't make sense but i'll take a look at it. >> how can harry reid, a fellow democrat and i'm willing to criticize him say he hasn't read the bill. mayor dianne feinstein has been a mayor. she's been in a shooting. she knows why she needs this. let's support the president and get some things done. >> however, momentum does seem to be...
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reid, en una entrevista con abc dice que el ambiente es más que prpoicio para su aprobación. >>>c reo que las cosas se ven bien por varias razones, 1 porque e sloq se debe hacer y 2 porque los republicanos no pueden detenerlo. >>> la congresista republicana ileana ross lethinen dijo. >>> lo importante es avanzar la causa, que sea el estatus legal. >>> mientras tanto en chicago los demócratas dick durbin y luis gutiérrez recalcaron que la legalización de 11 millones de indocumentados sería un proceso largo, pero también que otros son prioridad. >>> que los millones que están esprando en los países, tienen que venir primero, porque solicitaron hace años el permiso para venir a este país, y sería incorrecto e injusto que fueran dejados de lado. >>> pero agregó que aunque el proceso es lento, es positivo. >>> que puedan sair de la oscuridad, de la sombra, darle un permiso de trabajo para que ese permiso de trabajo les dé la posibilidad de quedarse en estados unidos. >>> por su parte la secretaria de seguridad jeannete napolitano viajó a texas para hablar de la seguri
reid, en una entrevista con abc dice que el ambiente es más que prpoicio para su aprobación. >>>c reo que las cosas se ven bien por varias razones, 1 porque e sloq se debe hacer y 2 porque los republicanos no pueden detenerlo. >>> la congresista republicana ileana ross lethinen dijo. >>> lo importante es avanzar la causa, que sea el estatus legal. >>> mientras tanto en chicago los demócratas dick durbin y luis gutiérrez recalcaron que la legalización de...
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harry reid there is with him. and the republicans get heat for not have anything ideas but they're the ones actually following the law. so president obama is busy campaigning for this progun control. meanwhile they're without a budget for 1400 days now on capitol hill. so see wrist goes. >> thank you very much. >> thanks. >> okay. first the monkey. now look who iran might be sending off into space. that guy right there block director's voice: here we go. from the top. and action for over 75 years people have saved money with gecko so.... director's voice: cut it! ...what...what did i say? gecko? i said gecko? aw... for over 75 year...(laughs. but still trying to keep it contained) director's voice: keep it together. i'm good. i'm good. for over 75...(uncontrollable laughter). what are you doing there? stop making me laugh. vo: geico. saving people money for over seventy-five years. gecko: don't look at me. don't look at me. all stations come over to mithis is for real this time. step seven point two one two. rify
harry reid there is with him. and the republicans get heat for not have anything ideas but they're the ones actually following the law. so president obama is busy campaigning for this progun control. meanwhile they're without a budget for 1400 days now on capitol hill. so see wrist goes. >> thank you very much. >> thanks. >> okay. first the monkey. now look who iran might be sending off into space. that guy right there block director's voice: here we go. from the top. and...
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you understand you were critical of harry reid today. sheer senate majority leader harry reid. i want you to respond to this. >> have i said to senator leahy, i want a bill to come out of the committee. if dianne feinstein by the time it's through the judiciary committee, if she doesn't have her assault weapons, at least let her have an opportunity to offer this amendment. >> will you vote for it? >> oh,i don't know. frankly, and she knows, i haven't read her amendment. i didn't vote for the assault weapons last time because it didn't make sense. but i'll take a look at it. >> mayor, is senator reid doing enough to move this legislation? >> i believe he should read the amendment and listen to a former mayor, dianne feinstein, who stuck her finger in a bullet hole at a scene of a crime. that's what we see as mayors. in washington assault ban weapon, it's a political issue. here is how it sounds to me. my daughter will be teaching school next year. if somebody is in the horrible situation of shooting in that classroom, and they're forced to reload the gun, that may be my daughter
you understand you were critical of harry reid today. sheer senate majority leader harry reid. i want you to respond to this. >> have i said to senator leahy, i want a bill to come out of the committee. if dianne feinstein by the time it's through the judiciary committee, if she doesn't have her assault weapons, at least let her have an opportunity to offer this amendment. >> will you vote for it? >> oh,i don't know. frankly, and she knows, i haven't read her amendment. i...
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>> i think if enough nevadans tell harry reid they want something done about assault weapons, harry reid will do something about assault weapons. the bottom line is it's a matter of public opinion. it's a matter of what the public is going to demand. the nra does not represent the public. they don't even represent most nra members. so i don't think that harry reid or anyone else needs to be timid around these legislative bullies. i'm hoping that we go for it, we go big. of course, if we go big, we still probably can get some good things, maybe we can't get an assault weapon ban now but i think that eventually, we can even get that. of course, let me tell you, i own a gun. i don't want to see people's guns taken away. i'm against gun confiscation 100%, believe in the second amendment, but i believe we can have a balance between gun violence provision -- prevention and the right to own a gun. that's the reason why i think the president released the photo, to show that he's not anti-gun, he's against murder. he's against these extreme shootings that have happened and believes that we can ha
>> i think if enough nevadans tell harry reid they want something done about assault weapons, harry reid will do something about assault weapons. the bottom line is it's a matter of public opinion. it's a matter of what the public is going to demand. the nra does not represent the public. they don't even represent most nra members. so i don't think that harry reid or anyone else needs to be timid around these legislative bullies. i'm hoping that we go for it, we go big. of course, if we...
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i would hope that senator harry reid would bring lettingation to the floor of the senate. i hope speaker boehner will allow some of these measures to come to the floor. in the past he has said he would only bring things to the floor that had a majority of his majority. but just recently, we did see speaker boehner bring the fiscal cliff measure to the floor that didn't have the joerts of his republican support. he also brought the sandy relief aid bill to the floor that didn't have the majority of the republicans, but it did have bipartisan majority support, both on the fiscal cliff issue and the sandy issue. so if the speaker brings some of these gun measures to the president, including the background checks, perhaps even the issue of dealing with these high capacity magazines that hold 30 to 100 rounds of ammunition in them are tools of war and have no more business than they have on midwestern streets. >> we get to invite someone to the state of the union, to invite a victim of gun violence. do you think it is these kinds of personal stories and personal connections tha
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harry reid harry reid will make this fail because he is a whisper, michael. he has no business running this senate. he could make this happen if he wanted to, but he doesn't have the backbone or the courage to make it happen. >> michael: and we thank you for coming on "the war "the war room" today really great stuff. when we come back we all think certain things when a terrorist attack occurred. we think about who might be responsible. is it intuition, prejudice or something somewhere in between. we'll talk about that right after the break. >> has the time finally come for >> with a distinctly satirical point of view. if you believe in state's rights but still believe in the drug war you must be high. >> only on current tv. >> we said a bombing in the world trade center back in 1993, and to say we didn't learn anything isn't quite true, but we certainly did not focus on security when 9/11 came around in the ways we've been doing since that. it's tragic that we had this reminder. if yesterday doesn't refresh your memory, i don't know what would. >> michael: th
harry reid harry reid will make this fail because he is a whisper, michael. he has no business running this senate. he could make this happen if he wanted to, but he doesn't have the backbone or the courage to make it happen. >> michael: and we thank you for coming on "the war "the war room" today really great stuff. when we come back we all think certain things when a terrorist attack occurred. we think about who might be responsible. is it intuition, prejudice or...
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we talk with nevada democrat harry reid. >> there's still 60% of the republicans who want to do good things, and i'm confident that some of the people who are-- have tea party affiliation, i think even they're tired of the gridlock. >> brown: a new report says where you live and work can make climbing the economic ladder tougher. we explore a detailed portrait of american social mobility. >> woodruff: in one of california's oldest prisons, once violent inmates are being transformed into peacemakers. we profile that program, wrapping up our series on stopping gun violence. >> this is 52 weeks of very difficult self-exploration. the success of the program is whether or not after they're done they really do stick to that commitment of non-violence. >> brown: jubilant crowds in brazil have greeted pope francis. margaret warner looks at his first trip abroad as pontiff, to a nation shaken by anti- government protests. >> woodruff: and a new book examines the recent history of presidents sending troops into battle, without declaring war. ray suarez sits down with veteran journalist marvin
we talk with nevada democrat harry reid. >> there's still 60% of the republicans who want to do good things, and i'm confident that some of the people who are-- have tea party affiliation, i think even they're tired of the gridlock. >> brown: a new report says where you live and work can make climbing the economic ladder tougher. we explore a detailed portrait of american social mobility. >> woodruff: in one of california's oldest prisons, once violent inmates are being...
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harry reid will look to amend the bill stripping it of any language to defund obama care. yesterday the president's health care plan remained the center of attention on capitol hill as the criticism of senator ted cruz's pseudofilibuster conned through the ranks of the republican party. >> i don't think ever in the history of the senate have we had a 21-hour filibuster and then the person carrying out the filibuster voted for the issue they were filibustering. y'all have sent out releases and e-mails and want everybody to be able to watch. it doesn't seem to me that's in our nation's interest. >> why is harry reid going to vote the same way you're proposing to vote? why is every democrat going to vote the way you're proposing to vote? >> you voted in favor of the thing you're filibustering. it seems to me that they are very similar. >> senator corker's exchange prompted this tweet from the conservative club for growth. "senator corker became a democrat just now on the senate floor." the bill goes back to the house today where lawmakers there will have to accept the senate'
harry reid will look to amend the bill stripping it of any language to defund obama care. yesterday the president's health care plan remained the center of attention on capitol hill as the criticism of senator ted cruz's pseudofilibuster conned through the ranks of the republican party. >> i don't think ever in the history of the senate have we had a 21-hour filibuster and then the person carrying out the filibuster voted for the issue they were filibustering. y'all have sent out releases...
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harry reid had publicly said that speaker boehner was running a, quote, dictatorship in the house but this morning, politico is reporting on friday when the men saw one another some the lobby of the white house, they reportedly told reid to go blank yourself. politico said that multiple sources said that boehner even repeated the nasty comment to reid and bragged about it later. boehner's office has not commented. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton remains hospitalized for a blood clot behind her right ear. this type of blood clot is rare and can be very dangerous. nbc's chief medical correspondent robert bazell with more. >> reporter: the type of blood clot that struck mrs. clinton is rare. the clot is on the surface of the vein. the vein carries blood to the heart and lungs. the big danger is that the clot could grow larger causing blood to block up in the brain. that could cause a stroke. doctors prevent that with blood thinners. once the clot is discovered, doctors say mrs. clinton would have gotten an i.v. drip with a blood thinner. the entire time, the doctors would be watch
harry reid had publicly said that speaker boehner was running a, quote, dictatorship in the house but this morning, politico is reporting on friday when the men saw one another some the lobby of the white house, they reportedly told reid to go blank yourself. politico said that multiple sources said that boehner even repeated the nasty comment to reid and bragged about it later. boehner's office has not commented. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton remains hospitalized for a blood...
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i think harry reid is a difficult position. he wants obviously something to move forward that helps address part of the problem and i think if you look at 2014 and you look at the midterm elections, look at key states where democrats have to defend, red states, alaska, west virginia is an open seat, arkansas, these are rural states where the democrats have a different perspective on gun rights and have a better relationship, if you will, with the nra. that being said, i think everyone has come to terms that something needs to be done and the question is what can be done, what should be done, then also, what can pass not just the senate, by the way, but also the house. that's why i think you are seeing this movement towards not universal background checks. i personally don't like that term because i think it exaggerates what the reality is. we're talking about criminal background checks, strengthening what is already in place so that it's fair and balanced for everyone. >> one thing, though, with the senate and dianne feinstein
i think harry reid is a difficult position. he wants obviously something to move forward that helps address part of the problem and i think if you look at 2014 and you look at the midterm elections, look at key states where democrats have to defend, red states, alaska, west virginia is an open seat, arkansas, these are rural states where the democrats have a different perspective on gun rights and have a better relationship, if you will, with the nra. that being said, i think everyone has come...
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if harry reid wants to send people over to negotiate, we're ready and willing to do it. at the same time, if we could get the senate to do what we've done in a bipartisan manner this week, we have passed bills in a bipartisan manner to open up much of the government. if the senate would just pick up those bills, you would see a lot of those issues be swept away. we can't get harry reid to move those bills. >> let me make it clear, there's a process in place. you may want to go around it. we have a continuing resolution, fund it at your number, bring it to the floor of the house. >> can i ask you something? >> go ahead. >> can i ask you something? is it the regular way we should be passing funding for this country in one solid bill or the way you fund multiple appropriations bills? >> oh, chairman rogers and i are ready to do a complete bill. you want to hand pick here, hand pick done. maybe by december we get the process done. >> we've already september four of those bills to the senate. they have not taken up. you probably voted on some of them. >> you know, you are dec
if harry reid wants to send people over to negotiate, we're ready and willing to do it. at the same time, if we could get the senate to do what we've done in a bipartisan manner this week, we have passed bills in a bipartisan manner to open up much of the government. if the senate would just pick up those bills, you would see a lot of those issues be swept away. we can't get harry reid to move those bills. >> let me make it clear, there's a process in place. you may want to go around it....
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majority leader harry reid plans to bring up the matter when congress returns from recess at the end of the month. >>> during a live streaming google hangout chat thursday president obama again defended his administration's use of drones on the war on terror insisting everything he's done is legal. but he admitted the public should know about how the program works. >> what i think is absolutely true is that it is not sufficient for citizens to just take my word for it that we're doing the right thing. >> a classified memo recently revealed u.s. citizens suspected of terrorism has been targeted drone strikes. when asked if the u.s. could target americans on american soil, the president said no. >>> today, a bail hearing for oscar pistorius, the olympic athlete and double amputee charged with murdering his girlfriend in his upscale south african home. the 26-year-old arrived just hours after his arrest. he fatally shot his model girlfriend reeva steenkamp who was struck four times. no word on bail but prosecutors are expected to request that he stay behind bars. police have given few d
majority leader harry reid plans to bring up the matter when congress returns from recess at the end of the month. >>> during a live streaming google hangout chat thursday president obama again defended his administration's use of drones on the war on terror insisting everything he's done is legal. but he admitted the public should know about how the program works. >> what i think is absolutely true is that it is not sufficient for citizens to just take my word for it that we're...
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. ♪ >> can we talk about harry reid's gift? harry reid owns what happened with this fill buster. this is all him. he had the chance. not only did he promise he would do something about it, he had the chance to do something about it on the first day of the senate session. he could have done it with a 51% vote for filibuster reform and he didn't and we paid the price for it. stephanie: i couldn't believe he used the word shocking here. senator harry reid yesterday on the senate floor. >> shocking that my republican colleagues would leave the nation without a fully empowered secretary of defense during all the things we have going on in the world, including a war. stephanie: also shocked to find out there's gambling going on in vegas. >> few leon panetta has to go to the nato summit in brussels. he's like george bailey. he's never getting out of bedford falls. i got big plans. i love her. she's a peach. >> because republicans have a punish a republican for the crime of being right about iraq. stephanie: exactly. this talking voice memo, filibuster will fall shortly nomination blah b
. ♪ >> can we talk about harry reid's gift? harry reid owns what happened with this fill buster. this is all him. he had the chance. not only did he promise he would do something about it, he had the chance to do something about it on the first day of the senate session. he could have done it with a 51% vote for filibuster reform and he didn't and we paid the price for it. stephanie: i couldn't believe he used the word shocking here. senator harry reid yesterday on the senate floor....
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. >> reporter: senate majority leader harry reid kicked off a critical week to avoid a shutdown and continue funding the government. reid was clearly irritated the house sent over a stop gap spending bill de-funding the president's health care law. >> we'll not bow to the tea party anarchists and we won't bow to tea party anarchists in the house or senate who ignore the fact that president obama was overwhelmingly re-elected. >> texas republican ted cruz argued for making it more difficult for reid. >> that leads to the second unanimous consent request i put forward, a simple request that every amendment on this continue resolution on this vote be subject to 60 votes. >> reporter: senate conservatives who pushed the allies in the house to pass the bill removing obama implementation and enforcement money tried to lower expectations ahead of the confrontation. >> i think really we fight it out and we'll see in the end the democrat have the senate and the presidency. it will be difficult to ultimately overcome them but we should use the leverage of controlling the house. the republicans were el
. >> reporter: senate majority leader harry reid kicked off a critical week to avoid a shutdown and continue funding the government. reid was clearly irritated the house sent over a stop gap spending bill de-funding the president's health care law. >> we'll not bow to the tea party anarchists and we won't bow to tea party anarchists in the house or senate who ignore the fact that president obama was overwhelmingly re-elected. >> texas republican ted cruz argued for making it...
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about those republicans. >> i just saw a poll and harry reid this most hated man in washington. go figure. with his totalitarian mindset, number two i have seen these french republicans before. i have fought them my entire career. anybody who served ronald reagan has fought them their entire career. margaret thatcher fought the equivalent of the same in britain. these are people who are quite happy with the status quo. they want to timidly play around on the fringes but they like big government. look at the past administration. prior to obama, the bush administration. several of his staffers commentators on fox. bush never. neil: careful there, young man. >> just being honest, they're all over the place. they're not really troubled by any of this. the fact of the matter is george w. bush bloated the dead. the second high nest american history, but for barack obama, the problem is the gerald ford, john mccain, romney wing of the republican party has the man tell, but the great roots wants nothing to do with them. the tea party came to be not just because of barack obama because o
about those republicans. >> i just saw a poll and harry reid this most hated man in washington. go figure. with his totalitarian mindset, number two i have seen these french republicans before. i have fought them my entire career. anybody who served ronald reagan has fought them their entire career. margaret thatcher fought the equivalent of the same in britain. these are people who are quite happy with the status quo. they want to timidly play around on the fringes but they like big...
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those leaders, john boehner, harry reid and the house minority leader nancy pelosi. a white house adviser says the president will urge republicans to pass a bill that would fund without making changes to his signature health care law but speaker boehner has portrayed this meeting as a sign the president is willing to negotiate a bit on the gop demand. meantime, house republicans have been trying to pass a series of measures that would restore funding to specific areas of the federal government, like the parks service and the department of veterans affairs. but so far, democrats have blocked those efforts, arguing that it's unfair to pick winners and losers during this showdown. the white house has also said the president would veto those measures. as patience wears thin across the nation, the list of problems from the shutdown just keeps growing. the white house says president obama may need to shorten a long planned trip to asia. and officials in idaho say that the shutdown has scaled back the search for a woman in her 60s who has gone missing at a national monument
those leaders, john boehner, harry reid and the house minority leader nancy pelosi. a white house adviser says the president will urge republicans to pass a bill that would fund without making changes to his signature health care law but speaker boehner has portrayed this meeting as a sign the president is willing to negotiate a bit on the gop demand. meantime, house republicans have been trying to pass a series of measures that would restore funding to specific areas of the federal government,...
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harry reid said it over the weekend. you know that was coordinated. probably wrecked the stock market. that worries me. will the republicans absolutely oppose it? that's the question. >> i think they will. i think boehner has a different view on the realities of negotiating with obama than he did before. it's like lucy with the football. you think you have taken care of the revenue piece. not going to raise revenues through loophole raisings and restructuring. now they're back. there is no amount of tax increase. it will be carbon taxes, vat taxes. there is an unlimited appetite for increased revenue, not achieved the way you and i would like to achieve increased revenue by growing the pie, doubling the salaries of everybody and increasing revenue that way. they do it through games of rate increases and closed loopholes without the necessary underlying tax reform. >> they have a rate increase and closing loopholes. the idea was rate cuts. they didn't really forget it. >> any more than he forgot jobs in his inaugural address. >> what i see in the same
harry reid said it over the weekend. you know that was coordinated. probably wrecked the stock market. that worries me. will the republicans absolutely oppose it? that's the question. >> i think they will. i think boehner has a different view on the realities of negotiating with obama than he did before. it's like lucy with the football. you think you have taken care of the revenue piece. not going to raise revenues through loophole raisings and restructuring. now they're back. there is...
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. >>> senate majority leader harry reid says democrats will kill the proposal today if they blow tonight's deadline. about 800 federal workers will be forced off the job without pay if that shutdown would happen. >> now a shutdown could be devastating to the local economy. according to "the washington post" it could cost the city $200 million a day. one economist says more than half of the area's 337,000 federal employees could be forced to stay at home. the tourism industry could be hit particularly hard. the smithsonian may be closed. that means the national zoo would be closed as well. now we're still waiting to hear if d.c. mayor vincent gray will succeed in protecting city workers from a shutdown. he has designated all city employees as essential to keep them on the job. the white house budget office has final say on that issue. d.c.'s attorney general says the mayor could be arrested for spending any money congress hasn't authorized even local tax dollars. >>> we are working to cover every angle of the shutdown showdown as the deadline approaches including how it could affect your co
. >>> senate majority leader harry reid says democrats will kill the proposal today if they blow tonight's deadline. about 800 federal workers will be forced off the job without pay if that shutdown would happen. >> now a shutdown could be devastating to the local economy. according to "the washington post" it could cost the city $200 million a day. one economist says more than half of the area's 337,000 federal employees could be forced to stay at home. the tourism...
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reporter: the big question is how far harry reid is willing to go. he has signaled he is willing to put a bill in the senate, but also has a pro-gun voting record. >> i didn't vote for assault weapons last time, but i will take a look at it. i think we need to take a look at it. federal federal trafficking, i think that everyone acknowledges we should do something for backound checks. reporter: after president obama says he does skeet shooting at camp david all the time, he enjoys competing with friends. it will impose stronger penalties for stock purchases. it is not clear how far the house is willing to go in president's proposal if at all. lou: mike emanuel, thank you. our chief congressional correspondent. our first guest tonight says that nablus may have seen a decline in murders, this to be his doing so without any laws that infringe upon the second amendment. joining us now is the research director at the athens institute . let's start with minneapolis. do you think that they have improved? we would like to point out again that minneapolis has
reporter: the big question is how far harry reid is willing to go. he has signaled he is willing to put a bill in the senate, but also has a pro-gun voting record. >> i didn't vote for assault weapons last time, but i will take a look at it. i think we need to take a look at it. federal federal trafficking, i think that everyone acknowledges we should do something for backound checks. reporter: after president obama says he does skeet shooting at camp david all the time, he enjoys...
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. >> that's a great segue of a problem potentially of harry reid to face in nevada. he took down the sportsman for harry reid website which you can still find, you know, screen grabs of online. it features very prominently an endorsement of wayne lapierre on the top and reads senator reid led efforts to create the world's finest shooting range right here in our state and staunchly opposed to the so-called assault weapons ban, played a critical role in passing a law to protect gun manufacturers from junk lawsuits, et cetera. where does he go in the national conversation? you mentioned some proposals flying around. what does he do about this? >> i think he's been pretty clear in trying to carefully stake out the position. the history here is he's definitely a pro-guns second amendment guy from a pro-gun state in nevada and the views didn't change. what's maybe changed is that his relationship with the national rifle association is a lot worse. he's found himself running against them and even though the votes are totally pro nra if you score him. the nra putt up money a
. >> that's a great segue of a problem potentially of harry reid to face in nevada. he took down the sportsman for harry reid website which you can still find, you know, screen grabs of online. it features very prominently an endorsement of wayne lapierre on the top and reads senator reid led efforts to create the world's finest shooting range right here in our state and staunchly opposed to the so-called assault weapons ban, played a critical role in passing a law to protect gun...
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here's harry reid. >> he can't take yes for an answer, mr. president. simply reopen the government. we'll talk about anything you want to talk about. we're not afraid to negotiate. we're not afraid to make reasonable compromises. but once again, the football is moved just like lucy and the peanuts cartoon. >> can't you just see it after the deal is done all of the magical negotiating that will begin happening all across america, it will just be great, right? we'll see. >>> more on that coming up and in the meantime an important story to talk to you about, bigfoot it turns out is real. according to one group of researcher, they say they may have dna to prove it. look at the pictures you can see for yourself obviously that is sasquatch and it is real. we told you first last week about the folks at the sasquatch genome project they presented the photos in texas and claim to have tissue samples, dna, blood, hair, video evidence of what they say is a female bigfoot human hybrid creature. they say they found it in the back woods of kentucky, joining us now is dr. ketchum with the sasquatc
here's harry reid. >> he can't take yes for an answer, mr. president. simply reopen the government. we'll talk about anything you want to talk about. we're not afraid to negotiate. we're not afraid to make reasonable compromises. but once again, the football is moved just like lucy and the peanuts cartoon. >> can't you just see it after the deal is done all of the magical negotiating that will begin happening all across america, it will just be great, right? we'll see. >>>...
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on abc over the weekend, harry reid pointedly would not commit to supporting an assault weapons ban. >> i didn't vote for the assault weapons last time because it didn't make sense but i'll take a look at it. i think everyone acknowledges we should do some background checks. >> reid said the senate would move the bill through the judiciary committee, it's unlikely to include a gun ban. though reid has said california senator dianne feinstein will have an opportunity to present the provision as an amendment once the bill reaches the senate floor. remember there's a whole bunch of red tape democrats want to actively cascade a vote against the assault weapons ban so they can show they are pro-gun. >> the super bowl ad new york city mayor's group ran in the d.c. market focused on one part of the gun control bills and that's the background check, one pointing out the nra at one time supported closing the gun show loophole. >> we think it's reasonable to provide mandatory, instant criminal background checks for every sale at every gun show, no loopholes anywhere for anyone. >> 14 years lat
on abc over the weekend, harry reid pointedly would not commit to supporting an assault weapons ban. >> i didn't vote for the assault weapons last time because it didn't make sense but i'll take a look at it. i think everyone acknowledges we should do some background checks. >> reid said the senate would move the bill through the judiciary committee, it's unlikely to include a gun ban. though reid has said california senator dianne feinstein will have an opportunity to present the...
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harry reid believes it will happen and so do a lot of people. more on that next. >> if this is the trial we would be in close arguments. instead this is the senate. that's harry reid making his closing statement for immigration reform. we expect the vote to come down sometime in the next hour, hour and ten minutes. vice-president biden will be on hand for this vote, and be do expect it to pass and that could be where it ends because they say it won't pass the house. more coming up. neil is next. >> the vote is on in just moments from now the senate will be voting on a massive immigration bill, one that could lead to citizenship for 11 million eel -- illegal immigrants. senator rand paul is voting no. the senator is here. welcome everyone. i'm in for neil cavuto. this is "your world." the senate now poised to vote on landmark immigration reform. senator rand paul and brett bear on the political fallout in a moment. first, the bill and exactly what is it in. first of all, what does it say about border security? >> well, with the inclusion of
harry reid believes it will happen and so do a lot of people. more on that next. >> if this is the trial we would be in close arguments. instead this is the senate. that's harry reid making his closing statement for immigration reform. we expect the vote to come down sometime in the next hour, hour and ten minutes. vice-president biden will be on hand for this vote, and be do expect it to pass and that could be where it ends because they say it won't pass the house. more coming up. neil...
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certainly missing in action and harry reid is so doug and -- dug in, he says all or nothing so you have him in the situation last week, he said that rather than open up the nih so kids with cancer could be treated, he would rather wait until the whole government opens up. right now i can understand why the american people say pass the vote in both houses. the president is awol and the job is not getting done so we have -- it is time for leadership for people to come together. the government as large as we have, there is no reason why you cannot honestly negotiate as you go toward the debt ceiling which you should have started a month ago rather than doing it against this threat of a government shutdown. to find ways where entitlement programs can be scaled back and certain programs can be scaled back. and start a long term effort toward tax reform because that is needed in this country as far as regulations and being able to unshackle business much more and also do with some issues democrats may have. that is what divided government is about. i was in washington during the bill clinton
certainly missing in action and harry reid is so doug and -- dug in, he says all or nothing so you have him in the situation last week, he said that rather than open up the nih so kids with cancer could be treated, he would rather wait until the whole government opens up. right now i can understand why the american people say pass the vote in both houses. the president is awol and the job is not getting done so we have -- it is time for leadership for people to come together. the government as...
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senate is harry reid. within the last year, he told a flat out lie on the floor of the senate and said mitt romney hasn't paid taxes in ten years. that was a lie. a flat out lie. >> brian: he never even met mitt romney. >> steve: so now what the senator said yesterday has got his own team trying to walk it back. and yet, it is incredible and we're going to play it for you. harry reid implies that the sequester caused the explosion that killed seven in hawthorne, nevada yesterday. that's right. he linked the sequester with seven dead marines. listen. >> one of the things that sequester is cut back in training and maintenance. that's the way the sequester was written. these men and women are -- our marines were training in hawthorne and with the sequester it will cut the stuff back. i just hope everyone understands. >> brian: so he's asking us to tie it all together. why are you bringing it all up if you don't believe they should be tied together? if you didn't believe it should be written, you should have s
senate is harry reid. within the last year, he told a flat out lie on the floor of the senate and said mitt romney hasn't paid taxes in ten years. that was a lie. a flat out lie. >> brian: he never even met mitt romney. >> steve: so now what the senator said yesterday has got his own team trying to walk it back. and yet, it is incredible and we're going to play it for you. harry reid implies that the sequester caused the explosion that killed seven in hawthorne, nevada yesterday....
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harry reid impeached. everybody is disgruntled again. >> john: well, let's talk about that. are we more loyal to ideology or party? >> caller: i personally think it is ideology. >> john: we have to compromise, right? we have to find ways to support the politician who will bring us the most progress while not giving up our ideology for the sake of winning. it is a delicate balance liberals seem to be pretty good at. we can walk and chew gum at the same time. >> caller: i agree with you 100%. i actually had a problem with how happy clappy this show was a few years ago until i saw the damage that the democratic talk show hosts that want to be really independent and so they spend a lot of time on the negative especially the negative toward the upper echelon of the executive branch. and i think that fuels the flames. you know, i don't think what you guys are doing is -- you know, the republican way of gathering be the wagons in a circle, that kind of a thing. >> is it is possible for democrats to do that. >> ca
harry reid impeached. everybody is disgruntled again. >> john: well, let's talk about that. are we more loyal to ideology or party? >> caller: i personally think it is ideology. >> john: we have to compromise, right? we have to find ways to support the politician who will bring us the most progress while not giving up our ideology for the sake of winning. it is a delicate balance liberals seem to be pretty good at. we can walk and chew gum at the same time. >> caller: i...
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speaking of harry reid, i want to play a clip from him. he's asked if he would vote for dianne feinstein's plan. >> i didn't vote for assault weapons last time because it didn't make sense. i'll take a look at it. >> restrictions on high capacity magazines? >> i think it's something we have to look at. >> take a look or vote for? >> let's see what it is. i have been supported by the nra on occasion. i know wayne lapierre. he's been extremely pleasant with me. we have a good relationship. i am not here to demean the organization. >> if the democratic senate majority cannot give a full support, how will it pass in. >> a couple things. harry reid along with a number of democrats and republicans, and there are plenty of republican that is have been quiet on this as well. politically speaking, they are taking a step back, waiting to let it fight itself out and see what the final legislation is. i would rather see, personally, a stronger amount of support for some of these measures, particularly background checks and high capacity magazines. the
speaking of harry reid, i want to play a clip from him. he's asked if he would vote for dianne feinstein's plan. >> i didn't vote for assault weapons last time because it didn't make sense. i'll take a look at it. >> restrictions on high capacity magazines? >> i think it's something we have to look at. >> take a look or vote for? >> let's see what it is. i have been supported by the nra on occasion. i know wayne lapierre. he's been extremely pleasant with me. we...